Novel Active Food Packaging Films Based on Whey Protein Incorporated with Seaweed Extract: Development, Characterization, and Application in Fresh Poultry Meat

Algae and seaweeds are used in cookery since the beginnings of human civilization, particularly several Asian cultures. Phenolic compounds secondary metabolites produced by aquatic terrestrial plants for their natural defense against external stimuli, which possess powerful antimicrobial antioxidant properties that can be very important food industry. The main objective this study was to develop a whey protein concentrate active coating, incorporated with Fucus vesiculosus extract order delay lipid oxidation chicken breasts. Ten hydroethanolic extracts from F. were obtained capacity evaluated through two activity assays: DPPH radical scavenging ?-carotene bleaching assay. total content phenolics also determined Folin-Ciocalteu method. chosen one freeze-dried using 75% (v/v) ethanol as extraction solvent. successfully into film strengthened thickness, tensile strength, elastic modulus. able inhibit breasts 25 days storage.